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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 Arendell St. Morehead City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES % Eight Pages Color Comic* 42nd YEAR. NO. 29. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORtTnORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, APRIL 10. 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAYS" Newport Board Sets Date For Nomination Meeting J The Newport commissioners aM their meeting Tuesday night called a public meeting next Wednesday night to make nominations for the '*May 5 election. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the town hall. It has been a custom in Newport (or the retiring board to nominate a slate of candidates to succeed them. The nominations are always made with the recommendations of residents at a public meeting. After the meeting, any other candi dates who wish to file may do so until the deadline ten days before the election. Margaret Bell was appointed registrar for the town election. The books will open at 9 a.m. April 18 and will close at 5 p.m. April 23. On April 18 the books will re main open until 9 p.m., but on the other days they will close at 5 p.m. On challenge day, April 25, the books will remain open from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Urged to Check Ma>or Charles A. Gould, jr., urged ail residents of Newport to check the registration books to make sure that they will be eligi ble to vote at the election. No election judges have yet been appointed. Mayor Gould re ported that he has been unable to find anyone willing to serve. He asked the commissioners to try to find someone to serve as judges. Dr. Clarence Paden, Morehead City veterinarian, asked the com missioners to empower Police Chief E. Ormsby Mann to take steps to eliminate stray dogs. Dr. Paden said that Newport res idents are very cooperative in re lard to the state law which re (uires that all dogs be vaccinated. He said, however, that stray dogs are beginning to create a serious problem in Newport. He said that there have been several cases re cently in which children have been j bitten by strays. Suggests Quarantine He suggested that Chief Mann be allowed to impose a one-week quarantine on dogs once or twice a year. During that week any dog found on the streets would be con sidered a stray and killed. Dr. Paden said that he felt sure that dog owners would coojSerate with the police in the matter. The commissioners asked George Ball, town attorney, to instruct Chief Mann on legal procedures for "disposing of stray dogs. The Rev. J. H. Waldrop, jr., and Dick Lockey asked the commis sioners to consider paving Main street in front of the Methodist church. Commissioner S. Early Mann said that the street is too narrow to pave at the present time. He said that the trees on the side of the Street would make it impossible to See NEWPORT, Page 7 Attorney Held 1 After Accident Charles Stevens. Beaufort town attorney and solicitor of the muni cipal recorder's court, was arrested by highway patrolmen Monday night after his car was involved in an accident on US 70 west of More bead City. He has been charged with driv ing while under the influence of alcohol and will be tried Monday in Morehead City recorder's court. Be is free on $130 bond. Stevens was originally scheduled to be tried Wednesday but was granted a continuance. Attorneys Claud Wheatly, jr., and Harvey Hamilton, jr., representing Stevens, have indicated that they will ask for a jury trial. The attorney was arrested after his car allegedly struck one op erated by J. C. Harvell. Morehead City grocer. Harvell told Highway Patrolman W. J. Smith that he was traveling east on US 70 at about SS miles per hour at the time of the accident. He said that Stevens' car swerved into the side of his car as he approached from the opposite direction. > Stevens told Highway Patrolman Robert H. Brown that he was not drunk, but he admitted that he had been drinking. He denied that the accident was his fault. A passenger in Stevens' cur, James Long of Morehead City, was Jrrested for bein^ drunk on the ighway. Long bad left the ear im mediately after the accident but was arrested in the neighborhood as he waited for a taxi to take him Back to town. Long was sentenced to BO days en the roads Wednesday in re corder's court He received 30 days for violation of the terms of a sus pwded sentence imposed No*. 10, 1882. 30 days for being drunk en 'the highway and 30 days on another .public drunkenness charge brought Against bim March 27. The three sentences are to be aenred cooaecu tM jr. Theodore Roosevelt Kin To Get' Hoffman Estate The will of Mrs. Alice G. Hoff man, filed for probate this week in the office of the clerk of court in Beaufort, leaves the bulk of her estate in North Carolina and France to her niece, Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, widow of Brigadier Gen eral Theodore Roosevelt, jr. Other bequests in the 15 sections of the will and the five codicils to it gave sums ranging from $500 to $10,000 to friends, relatives and employees of the late Mrs. Hoff man. Miss Gabrielle Germaine Brard, Mrs. Hoffman's companion in re cent years received $10,000 plus $250 per year for every year after January 1948 in which she re* mained in Mrs. Hoffman's employ. In a codicil dated May 9, 1948, three months after the original will was drawn, Miss Brard was given the option of taking the lump sum or receiving an income of $75 per month for life. In the event that she accepts the lump sum, the will directs that all taxes be paid by the estate. Aids Hospital Mrs. Hoffman bequeathed $2, 000, to the Morehead City hospital for use in treating victims of in fantile paralysis. In the event that the money is not needed for this purpose, the hospital trustees are to determine its use. Lawrence Sadler is to receive $1,000 for his faithful service to' Mrs. Hoffman, and Lela Sadler is to receive $500. Ira Guthrie was ! named to receive $300 plus $100 for each additional year that he remained in Mrs. Hoffman's em ploy if he was still employed by her at the time of her death. Bernice Lockwood Leventritt, a long-time friend of Mrs. Hoffman, is to receive $1,500. Another old friend, Maria Nam, is to receive $1,000 and some token from Mrs. Hoffpian's personal effects. Lil lian Wilson, a former secretary, is to receive $1,000. Others named in the will are Elbert J. Knowles, U. S. Trust company, $1,000; Miss G. Kay, Washington, D. C., $500; Miss J. N. Norse, New York, $500; Miss Nina Marinel, Washington, D. C., $500; Augusta Girardin, France, $1,000; and Boy's Town, Nebraska, $500. # Receives Portrait Frank H. Stephens was left a por trait of his wife, Mrs. Hoffman's god-daughter. A French attorney, who had represented Mrs. Hoffman in litigation with the French gov ernment, was given the right of life-time residence on her prop erty in France. Mrs. Hoffman's personal effects have been left to Miss Brard with instructions to dispose of them as she sees fit to Mrs. Hoffman's fam ily and friends. Mrs. Hoffman, in a codicil to the will, asked that the Chateal des Lands in France be made into a memorial to Quentin Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt, jr. The prop See HOFFMAN. Page 7 Geer Chosen to Head Morehead City Jaycees Paul H. (Sonny) Geer, jr., wilsH elected president of the Alorehead | City Jaycess at Monday night's election meeting, He will succeed Walter Morris as president of the organization. Other ollicers elected were Ralph Gardner, internal vice-president; Jasper Bell, external vice-president and Bill Norwood, treasurer. The secretary will be appointed by the incoming president when he takes office. New directors of the club will be Dr. Russell Outlaw, H. S. Gibbs, jr., James Meeks and Paul Cordova. The other officers and the past president will fill out the board of directors. The club also balloted for the Key Man award which will be pre sented at the installation banquet. The award is presented annually to the member who has done the most for the club during the year. Dr. Outlaw reported that plans are near completion for the eighth district meeting which will be held in Morehead City April 18-19. He said that headquarters for the meeting will be at the Ocean King hotel, Atlantic Beach, and business sessions will be held there. Ar rangements are being made for a cocktail party and dance Satur day night. Dr. Outlaw said that all state officers and prominent Jaycees from outside the district have been invited to attend the meeting. Can didates for st*te offices have also been invited. H. S. Gibbs. jr., reported that several entries have been received for the Miss North Carolina beauty pageant and that about 3S are ex pected. He asked members of the club to try to find housing accom modations for the girls and their chaperones. The steering committee for the pageant will meet at 7:30 tonight at Chalk and Gibbs. Joe Dubois, manager of the More head City chamber of commerce, invited the Jaycees to attend the chamber's annual banquet April 16 at the Blue Ribbon club. Marine to Face Seven Charges Charles B. Henson, Cherry Point marine, will face seven charges when he goes on trial Monday in Morehead City recorder's court. Six of the seven charges were brought by two state highway pa trolmen who pursued the marine from Newport to Morehead City Monday night. Patrolmen W. J. Smith and Robert H. Brown have charged Henson with speeding 95 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour zone, speeding 75 miles per hour in a 25 mile per hour zone, careless and reckless driving, fail ing to stop at the sound of a siren and resisting arrest. The seventh charge, destroying town property, was brought by Morehead City officers after Hen son allegedly set fire to a mat tress in his cell at the Morehead City jail. Henson was originally scheduled for trial at Wednesday's court ses sion, but the case was continued until Monday. His bond has been set at $500. The two highway patrolmen said that they first saw Henson as he passed them on US 70 near New port. They said that they began to pursue Henson toward More head City. They allege that they clocked his speed at 95 miles per hour between Newport and More head City. The officers said that as they ap proached the airport Grill west of Morehead City, they drew along side the marine and ordered him to stop. They said that he indicated that he was going to stop but in creased his speed and kept going. The patrolmen said that the ma rine slowed down to about 75 miles per hour when he reached More head City and they were finally able to stop him at 20th and Brid ges. They then brought him to the Morehead City police station where he was bookecf Atlantic Beach ' Winter Building Hits High Peak People in Other Areas Have Faith in Beach, Says Local Realtor People in other parts of the state have more faith in Carteret county and the beach than we do, John L. Crump, Morehead City realtor, said in describing this winter's activity on the beach. Throughout the winter months construction activity and land sales have been going on through all of fht developments on the beach. Mr. Crump described it as the busi est winter in the history of the beach. In the Club Colony development six cottages have been built this winter and the same number were built in the Ocean Ridge region, Mr. Crump reported. , In Atlantic Beach proper, Alfred B. Cooper, mayor of the town and realtor, reported that ?t least 15 cottages have been built or started this winter with several more scheduled for construction this spring. "From all appearances the beach is in for an excellent sum mer season," Mr. Cooper said. In the past few weeks, he also reported that 10 residential lots with a canal to the sound in back and a street in front have been sold. Mr. Cooper has been having a sale on these lots. He reported that all of the lots for business construction on the Atlantic Beach end of the cause way for the new bridge on the channel side have been sold. The residential lots in this area were also sold. "We have put restrictions in the deeds on these lots so that the busi ness area will be buiK up in an orderly, planned and attractive manner," Mr. Cooper continued. Also during the winter months an addition was put on the Atlan tic Beach hotel giving the hotel 18 more rooms. A miniature golf course on the ea*tern half of the central triangle on the beach has been built By B. E. Troy of Dur?j ham. Mr. Troy and his firm bought all of that half of the triangle. The Ocean King hotel lobby and desk were re arranged during the winter making the lobby larger and the halls and stairs of the hotel were re-carpeted. The Idle Hour recreation center was remodeled and redecorated for the tourist season. Mr. Cooper reported that he was satisfied with the operation of the Ocean King hotel throughout the winter. This was the first time one of the beach hotels had remained open throughout the winter months. Heat was installed last winter and he said that the hotel anticipates more business this summer and next fall as a result of its new policy. Two cottages have been started at the new development around the Triple-Ess fishing pier witfi more contemplated for the future. Ac cording to reports these lots and houses will be sold as units. v Many persons interested in the beach have expressed the opinion that the pier which was opened last summer will bring more tourists to the beach this year. Former Elks Custodian Dies Thursday Night ^ Charles Robert Jameson. 75, died last Thursday night at his home at 513 Arendell street, Morehead City, after a long illness. Funeral services were held in Cleveland. Ohio, Monday. Mr. Jameson, a well known farmer in the Merrimon section, uopn his retirement seven years ago. became assistant manager and custodian of the Elks club in More head City, until his health forced him to complete retirement. Surviving are two sisters, Miss Almeda Jameson and Miss Katurah Jameson, with whom he made his home, and one brother, DeCoata of California. Launching Is ' Real T ouqh Job After three days of pushing, pull ing, tugging, heaving, and moving, the unnamed menhaden boat at the foot of Twenty-third street on Evans was launched at 9:30 yester day morning. Work to launch the ship started Monday, when it moved J5 inches one time and 19 feet another time, but always stopped jammed tight to the ways. v Harvey Smith, head of the Fish Heal company, which owns the vessel attribute^ the difficulty in launching to a poor foundation. The 1M foot ship weighs approxi mately 400 tons, and the ground Was too soft to carry this weight without sinking and causing the ship to Jam on the slides. Wwham at the ihfe led the vessel twice, waxed and greased the cradles and slides sev eral times without ever succeeding in moving the boat. Wednesday afternoon the men haden boat Rockaway put a haws er on the ship and pulled until the rope broke without moving it. Crowds of people off work for the afternoon crowded around the ways to watch the process. When the hawser broke, it sounded like a shot-gun blast. Taking personal charge of the launching, Mr. Smith then direct ed that two hawsers be placed at the stern of the boat and the pull ing started again. Before these hawsers ?gapped the boat was moved about ? feat. ^ Reinforcements in the form of a I bull-dozer were brought up and with the caterpillar-tacked bull doeer pushing on the bow and the Rockaway pulling on the atern with { the hawsers the boat was launched j only to go aground on a shoal as the tide went out. Mr. Smith said that when the j boat was pulled off the shoal it would be taken to Virginia to be finiahed. "I'm going to stop worry ing about it the minute she floats off the shoal," he said. In the three futile days at launch-attempta, every man work ing ?n the ship and all of the spec tators had theories on the' proper way to move it Tuesday after noon the stern of the vessel was i ..I -. -A ? lowered aooui lour incnes ana ine bow raised about two in an effort to increaae the downward thrust of the ?hip. Wax waa uaed on the slides one time and later heavy alemite grease was used. All to no avail. The menhaden vessel was started several years ago by Jasper Phil lips and was finished recently by Mr. Smith. It is a siater-ship to the Mattie Phillips which was built at the same spot. The frames are made of heart white oak and the planking inside and outside is of fir. Mr. Smith estimated that it would take at least a month to fin iah the boat. When asked the approximate coat d( the construction be Mid, "I've never a*M it ??." Hearings Held: No Action The Morehcad City bodrd of-" commissioners heard only two ob jections to rezoning* many lots on Arendell and Evans street from residential to business property at a public hearing Monday night in the city hall. Keithley Willis and Gordon Bec ton objected to the re-zoning of the lots north of Evans street from Tenth street to Fourteenth street. I In explaining the proposal, Mayor George W. Dill said, "We know we can't satisfy everybody, but we want our business district to grow from the center." The proposed re-zoning was made by the city's board of zoning ad justment after consultation with Lee Wilson of the North Carolina League of Municipalities. The hearing was not required by law, it was pointed out by George Mc Neill, city attorney, but was held at the request of the zoning board so that the public might be fully informed concerning the proposal. When the zoning board made its proposal, it was pointed out that the city was in danger of getting several shopping centers spread over a large area unless the down town business area was allowed to grow on Arendell and Evans streets. If the re-zoning proposal were adopted exactly as it was present ed, it would have the effect of making the north side of Arendell street a business area from Third street to Fourteenth street; and the south side of Arendell would be zoned tor business from Seventh to Fourteenth. On Evans street, the re-zoning would establish business areas from Eighth to Fourteenth streets on the south side and Seventh to Fourteenth on the north side. During the hearing Vernon Guth rie asked about zoning of property outside the city limits. The mayor explained that the city can zone property outside its city limits but adjoining the city only with re spect to the platt of the property or placement of buildings with re spect to possible streets and side walks. Mayor Dill pointed out that the property now north of the rail road west of Twenty-fifth street is technically rural property and the *cifv cannot control the native of Sin> structure that is placr?f oh it. Anion on the re-soning was de layed until a full board can meet. W. L. Derrickson and S. C. Hollo way were unable to attend Mon day night's hearing. Commissioners present were D. G. Bell, M. T. Millis, and Dr. John Morris. Bike Inspection Rescheduled < Highway Patrolman W. J. Smith, chairman of the traffic safety com mittee of the Morehead City Jay cees, has announced that new dates have been set for inspection of bicycles belonging to members of the bicycle club at Morehead City school. Highway patrolmen and More head City police officers will in spect the bicycles at the parking lot south of the town hall from 3:30 to 5:30 this afternoon and from 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow. The bicycles will be inspected for safety features and operating con dition and the owners will be test ed on their knowledge of safety rules. The owner of each bicycle must also display a town bicycle tag which may be purchased from the town clerk. Half of the price of the tag will be turned over to the Jay cees to be used for the purchase of prizes to be awarded at the bicycle parade in May. The remainder of the money will go to the town to cover the cost of the tags. The new inspection dates were set when not enough of the club members showed up at the earlier inspections held last week. The Jaycees are sponsoring the bicycle club in cooperation with school officials in an effort to pro mote bicycle safety among school children. Three Suspects Jailed For Theft of'Shotauns I Morchead City police belive that I the months-old theft of two shot i guns from the Hardware and Build ing Supply company was solved Tuesday night with the arrest of J three Morehead City Negroes, j Curtis Bell has been charged I with breaking and entering in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony, larceny of property val ued at more than $100 and malici ously damaging personal property. George Murray, Morehead City cafe operator, and Tom Collins have both been charged with re ceiving stolen property with the j knowledge that it was stolen. I Bell is being held in the coun i y jail under $1,000 bond, and the other two have been released on $500 bonds. The three men will be tried Monday in Morehead City recorder's court. ' The hardware store was robbed Nov. 15, 1952. Two shotguns, both valued at more than $100, were stolen in the break. Morehead City, county and state officers have been working on the case since that time. The break in the case came Tues day night when Capt. Buck New some of the Morehead City po lice received a tip from an uniden tified source that Murray had left one of the guns at the home of a woman in the Negro district of j Morehead City. The same tipster also identified Bell as the thief and | said that Collins had the second gun. Captain Newsome went to the home and asked for the gun which was immediately produced. The serial number on the gun matched that of one of the stolen guns, and I Newsome immediately obtained warrants for Murray and Bell. Bell was taken to the county jail and Murray was lodged in the Morehead City jail in order that the two men could be questioned separately. After lengthy questioning, Mur ray admitted that he had left the gun with the woman. He also admitted that he had purchased the gun from Bell but denied that he had known that it was stolen. When questioned by Morehead City police Tuesday night and again by George Canady, SBI agent, Wednesday, Bell repeatedly denide that he had stolen the guns or sold them to Murray and Collins. Collins was arrested Wednesday nforning and questioned by More head City police and Canady. He denied any knowledge of the guns, and a search of his house produced nothing. A tip Wednesday night led the officers to search the house again and the gun was found under the sill of the house. When he was confronted with the gun, Collins ad mitted that he had bought it from Bell. He also denied any guilty knowledge. School Bands^ Will Parade Monday for Symphony Drive The Beaufort and Morchead City* school bands will parade through their respective towns Monday to publicize the campaign for the Car teret chapter of the North Carolina Symphony society. Throughout next week house-to house solicitation for the drive will be tiold In both towns. The Junior Wdnan's club of Beaufort will be in charge of the solicitation in Beaufort and a committee under the direction of Mrs. Eugene Roe lofs Will do the soliciting in More head City. Any person who is not contacted in the house-to-house drive may purchase memberships at the East ern Rulane office in Beaufort. Memberships in the society are $3 for a regular adult membership. $5 for an active membership, and $25 for group memberships. In order to guarantee a free con cert for school students in the coun ty, the local chapter must raise at least $950 in the sale of member ships. Due to the insufficient num ber of memberships this year, the symphony was able to give only a night concert for adult members. The Little Symphony has con cluded its annual spring tour this year having played a total of 74 concerts. Of these concerts 41 were played before 60,000 school chil dren who heard the symphony free. In addition to touring North Carolina, this year the symphony went as far south as Sclma. Ala., then into the plantation country of South Carolina at Georgetown and Goffrey including a concert at the Shrine hospital for children at Greenville, and from South Caro lina to the coal fields of West Vir ginia at Welch. Each year the symphony travels many thousands of miles bringing the finest in classical music to stu dents and adults throughout North Carolina and nearby states. Tonight the regular symphony is playing a concert at Goldsboro in the auditorium of the Goldsboro high school. Earlier this week, the symphony played a concert in New Bern. The purchase of a member ship in the society for any given year entitles the holder to attend any concert given by the symphony. Morehead City workers in the drive will hold a coffee hour Mon day morning at 8:30 in the civic center. The town has already been z;oned for the workers, it was an nounced. The telephone commit tee will do its work Wednesday. Tide Table Tide* at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW | Friday, April I* 4:56 a.m. 11:15 a.m. | 5:23 p.m. 11:48 p.m. Saturday, April 11 5:53 a.m. 6:19 p.m. 12:07 p.m. | Sunday, April 12 6:46 a.m. 12:44 a.m. | 7:10 p.m. 12:56 p.m. Monday, April II 7:35 a.m. 1:35 a.m. I 7:58 p.m. 1:44 p.m. | Tuesday, April 14 8:23 a.m. 2:28 aj 8:47 p.m. 2:11 p.m. 1 UDC Leader / Outlines Plans !? !. Wllffam F. Dickens, of En field, state president of the Uni ted Daughters of the Confederacy, speaking at the group's tenth dis trict meeting yesterday at the More head City civic center, outlined the organization's five-point program. Mrs. Dickens said that the vari ous Confederate memorials should be the organization's first objective at the present time. She urged the chapters to continue their contri butions to the Lee-Jackson shrine in the Washington Cathedral. The president, speaking about the benevolent program, reported that the general assembly has passed legislation extending until 1960 the life of the Confederate Women's home. The home was due to go out of existence this year. Mrs. Dickens called for a re awakening of interest in the his tory of the south and urged club members to give their support to the organization's historical pro gram. She said that the educational program is now going well with 22 scholarships being given by the UDC at various colleges in North Carolina. She said, "In our educational program we are really building for tomorrow." The president also stressed the importance of the social aspects of the organization in building permanent friendships. Mrs. Dickens also called for an increase in membership this year. She asked the members to work to obtain a 20 per cent increase in membership during 1953. Mrs. Guy Beaver of Concord, state vice-president, also stressed the importance of increasing the membership of the organization. Mrs. A. R. Wilson of Durham, also a state vice-president, discussed the work of the children's chapters. Mrs. J. A. Jonelf of Kinston, dis trict director, presided at the morn ing session at the civic center. Mrs. D. G. Bell of the Emmeline J. Pigott chapter, Morehead City, welcomed the guests at the meet ing. Annual reports were submitted by Mrs. E. A. Council for the Morehead City chapter, Mrs. Louis Bedham (or the New Bern chap ter, Mrs. F. T. Jones for the La Grange chapter, Mrs. George Per ry for the Oriental chapter and Mrs. John Herndon and Mrs. J. A. Jones for the two Kinston chap ters. Music at the meeting was provid ed by Miss Ann Darden Webb at the piano and Miss Maxine Mc Lohon, soloist. Miss McLohon alio sang at the memorial hour. Pages at the meeting were Miai Ann Garner, Miss Corinne Bell Webb and Miss Betsy Ann Davis. After a luncheon at the Water front restaurant, the group went to Fort Macon for the unveiling of the portrait of Emmellne J. Pig ott (or whom tlM Morelnad City chapter is named. " ?- ijM ? ' ... . ? The Morehead City board of com missioners took no action at the public hearing Monday night called to hear discussion of the proposed annexation of areas west of the present city limits. Little specific opposition to the proposal was voiced though a pe tition bearing 104 names calling for a referendum on the question was presented. O. O. Fulcher of Homes drive told the commissioners that he did not want to be annexed without a referendum. The petition was pre pared by Claud Wheatly, Beaufort attorney, and presented to the board. Mr. Wheatly said that the petition carried more than enough names to force a referendum on the annexation. Mr. Wheatly was retained by Mr. Fulcher and several residents of the area to prepare the petition for presentation at the hearing. At the beginning of the meeting. Mayor George W. Dill pointed out to the audience that due to circum stances beyond their control it had been impossible to get all of the board members together Cor the hearing. "For this reason, we will not take any definite action to night," he said. One of the residents of the area said, "We make our living from the city, and I feel like we ought to be a part of it." Later in the meeting, some of Ihe residents of the area a*>ked several questions about the financial con dition of the city and other matters relating to the various aspects of annexation. Mr. Dill said that at the present time at least half of all money col lected through taxes must go to pay off the bonded indebtedness of the city which was incurred during the 1920's. He pointed out that after the city calls and pays its 1956 bonds, the next bonds will not he due until 1973. "We hope to re negotiate with the bond-holders so we will not have to put so much of our tax money into paying off bonds in that 17-year period," he said. The present municipal* debt stands at approximately $600,000. When the debt was refinanced many years ago it was $1.5 million. The total valuation of Morehead City property on the county tax books is approximately $6 million. "We are nof prdboeing this an nexation simply for aMitionaf revenue," Mr. Dill said. "I*ut we feel that Morehead City will grow and we don't want to have a wall around the town strangling that growth." If the petition carried the names of 15 per cent of the residents, the county board of elections will hold a referendum and the annexation question will be decided by a ma jority vote of the qualified voters in the areas. Those commissioners attending the meeting were D. G. Bell, M. T. Mills, and Dr. John Morris. W. L. Derrickson and S. C. Holloway were unable to at tend. The areas proposed for annextion are the state-owned property west of the present city limit at Thirty fourth street and south of the At lantic and East Carolina railroad; the areas between the railroad ^nd the present highway 70 from Twen ty-fifth street to the west limit of the state property;! and the area north of highway 70 between Twen ty-fifth street and Twenty-Eighth street to Calico creek. Morehead Group , To Hear Speech By Kinston Man The Morehead City Chamber of Commerce will hear Charles L. Mc Cullers of Kinston speak on indus tries in small cities at its annual membership meeting April 16 at the Blue Ribbon club. Mr. McCullers is manager of the Kinston Chamber of Commerce and has been very active in obtain ing new industries for Kinston. One of these is the new dacron plant built by the DuPont company. His speech will describe various methods of inducing industries to locate in cities. The Morehead chamber will also elect three directors to serve terms of three years at the dinner. Retiring directors are Dr. D. J. Eure. W. P. Freeman. Clyde Jones, and D. G. Bell. The direqtors elect the president and other officers of the group. Joe DuBols. manager of the chamber, urges all members of the group to, attend the membership meeting. The dinner will begin at 7 o'clock. Newport Farmer* Buy / Stock for Boof Herd Two Newport farmers, Raymond Simmons and Larry Howard, laid the foundations (or a beef cattlc herd Saturday when they pur chased (our bred Hereford heifers [rom a Jacksonville cattle dealer. A1 Newsome, assistant county farm agent, said (bat the men plan to purchase mart of the Hereford* If they obtain good results with the first tour. Mr. Newsome, who accompanied the men to JacksomrlUe, , ~ chased two open ' Gfflikin, ? Bet tie < I